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The much anticipated second edition of the Gaming Mixer goes live on Dec 15! Our first edition of this Gaming Mixer was so successful — with over 100 attendees and 15 demoing companies — that we couldn’t resist the urge of hosting it again! So come on over to rub shoulders with cutting edge game designers, producers, and VCs in our trendy loft.

Teams from the hottest startups will be pitching the next groundbreaking games and providing demos and Q&A sessions. From iOS fanboys to Android aficionados to console freaks, all platforms will be represented. Join us and indulge in some drinks, a night of gaming, and enjoy some great networking opportunities at the beautiful pariSoma Innovation Loft!

As always, followers of our blog will get a promotional code: use pariSoma for 15% off your tickets. And hurry, the early bird discount ends on December 1.

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We’re happy to announce that pariSoma is hosting Microsoft’s free Windows mobile app development camp on Nov 19!

You definitely need to come out to the event if you’re interested in a comprehensive course on apps from development to monetization. Who can resist a free, full day event chock-full of everything you need to know to develop a Windows Phone application. Whether you’re a seasoned veteran or just getting started with .NET development this full-day event is for you.

There will also be prizes for those who attend! RSVP now:

Come learn about the app business from the awesome line-up of speakers that APPNATION is bringing together! Among those amazing speakers, special shout out to:

- pariSoma Coworker: Paul Chen, Head of Business Development, Papaya Mobile

- pariSoma Guru: Mike Rowehl, Co-Founder, Churn Labs

As usual, pariSoma blog subscribers receive 30%-off when they use the discount code “PARISOMA”.

So what are you waiting for? Gotta grab those tixs!

Your friends here at pariSoma are giving away two tickets to Geo-Loco: The Future of Brands, Advertisers & Tech in the Location Revolution. This event is going to be amazing — there’s going to be keynote speakers from Google, Facebook and Starbucks! Event details can be found here: http://www.parisoma.com/2011/10/nov-event-alert-geo-loco-the-future-of-brands-advertisers-tech-in-the-location-revolution).

We thought it’d be fun to have a twitter contest for the tickets. So here’s the deal: to have a chance at winning, tweet @pariSoma and tell us what makes you most excited about geolocation or this conference. Make sure you include @pariSoma and #geoloco in your tweet. We’ll award a ticket to each of the two best tweets.

On Thursday, November 3, Geo-Loco will dive into the brand, advertiser and location convergence in the context of the Social, Local and Mobile (SoLoMo) marketplace — and what that means for big brands, consumers, SMBs and the location industry. Learn from real-world successes in mobile-loco advertising, location platforms and more. Executives from Starbucks, Google, Foursquare, Facebook and leading investors will address these topics in a highly interactive setting.

Click on the image on top to cash your discount and get your ticket!

CloudBeat 2011 will be different from existing cloud conferences. The event will hone in on real and revolutionary instances of enterprise adoption of the cloud. Using a customer-centric approach (rather than vendor-centric), they’ll answer the overarching question:

What are the key processes and architectures that companies must put in place in order to survive and prosper?

http://cloudbeat2011.eventbrite.com/

Get 15% off ticket prices by using our promo code: VB-Parisoma

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App Developers Conference (ADC), taking place October 26-27, 2011 in Santa Clara, CA., addresses key components of app development, marketing and revenue on mobile devices and tablets. With an emphasis on cross platform development and revenue strategies, ADC provides key insight for both developers and business professionals. Attendees will hear from more than 80 expert speakers in 6 conference tracks, including executives and developers from ESPN, Walmart, Pandora, Smule, Samsung, AT&T, Churn Labs, Netflix, Nissan, Barnes & Noble, Nielson, BMW, Pulse, Microsoft, OpenFeint, Qualcomm, Intel Capital and dozens of other companies involved in creating profitable, innovative apps. View complete show details at http://AppDevConf.com/

App Dev Hackathon and Bootcamp is on October 27, 2011, 9 am – 8 pm at the Santa Clara Convention Center. The event is for developers working on mobile apps. Developers will learn new skills, build mobile apps, compete for prizes, meet people and find teammates for new or current projects. Not your traditional hack, AppDev Hackathon features hands on training classes on the latest technologies and trends that can help developers build better apps.  Registration for the Hackathon is free, but a limited number of seats remain.

Pss: Be sure to visit the faberNovel booth on the App Developers Conference! We’re a media partner for this great event!

Build a Social App with Viadeo’s Graph API

• Connect with 35 million professionals worldwide
• Great prizes to win (including $15K cash!)
• Enjoy widespread media coverage and become famous

Social APIs have yet to be used in innovative and fun ways, to create new services for users.

This was a hot topic amongst: Salesforce, Klout, SimplyHired, Gigya, Context.io, 3scale, Alcatel-Lucent and Viadeo when they talked qt SF New Tech’s Bring on the APIs.

Now Viadeo is kicking off its Dev Challenge, welcoming developers to tap into Viadeo’s API to create innovative apps. The contest started on September 7^th, and will run until October 14th. The whole jury was at the API party last night, blogger Robert Scoble, SF New Tech’s Myles Weissleder, API evangelist Kin Lane, The Next Web’s Hermione Way, VC Richard Ling, Arturo Garrido and Viadeo’s CTO Christophe Thibaut.

If this awesome jury hasn’t won you over, the 20 000$ worth of prizes should do the trick! Have a look here.

You can also win cool USB flash drives by liking their Dev Challenge Facebook page & or tweet about it using the#viadeodevchallenge.

The Founder Showcase, Silicon Valley’s premier startup pitch and networking event, is taking applications to its Pitch Competition for a chance to present on stage at the event. We are not “pay-to-pitch” – any seed or early-stage company less than 2 years old and with less than $250,000 in funding is invited to apply for free – and the winners are not required to pay a dime. The deadline to apply is Sunday, October 9th, so apply today at http://foundershowcase.com/apply/. Over $20m has been raised from presenting companies – check out the Founder Showcase Hall of Fame here.

At the last event, Parisoma resident Vidcaster presented on stage. Here is their video;

This quarterly event brings together investors, founders, and members of the press for one action-packed night to network, hear talks from leading CEOs, and help launch a start-up company to greatness. The 8th Founder Showcase is scheduled for Tuesday, November 8th at the Mission Bay Conference Center, and will be our largest event to date – with over 500 in attendance. Guests will be treated to a Keynote Speech by a top technology CEO (TBA), an entertaining pitch competition judged by leading investors, and appetizers and drinks in a networking hall featuring a Demo Table Competition.

The event has sold out the last five times, and tickets start at just $55 so register today at www.FounderShowcase.com. Parisoma readers get 15% off using the discount code Parisoma 15.